Yorkshire Water awards £1bn civil engineering framework

Yorkshire Water has awarded a £1bn civils frameworks for 2020-2025, covering the full range of civil engineering requirements across its clean and wastewater assets.

In total, 18 partners have been appointed after a 12-month procurement process.

The five year frameworks come with an optional extension of up to three years, covering design and build projects, renewal and replacement of assets, and specialist works, and the awards are as follows:

Complex Civils: Design, build and refurbishment of treatment assets including reservoirs and pumping stations. Partners appointed: Barhale Ltd & Doosan Enpure Ltd, Eric Wright Water Ltd, Galliford Try Infrastructure Ltd, Interserve Construction Ltd, Kier Integrated Services Ltd, Mott MacDonald Bentley Ltd and Peter Duffy Ltd.

Minor Civils Lot 1: New build and upgrading works to treatment assets with limited design. Partners appointed: Amey Utility Services Ltd, Barhale Ltd, Clugston Construction Ltd, Interserve Construction Ltd, JN Bentley Ltd, Morrison Utility Services, Peter Duffy Ltd and Seymour Ltd.

Minor Civils Lot 2: Specialist works to water retaining structures. Partners appointed: nmcn PLC, Seymour Ltd and Stonbury Ltd.

Mark Baker, head of programme delivery at Yorkshire Water, said: "We are excited to see the conclusion of this process and welcome our partners to support our ambitions and challenges into AMP7. They will assist in the formation of a truly collaborative, innovative and efficient delivery vehicle to help meet our enterprise delivery model aspirations. The alignment of our objectives and a Programme First approach is a new direction for Yorkshire Water and we are confident that our partners can support this ambition."